Royal Marble Cheesecake Recipes

MARBLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• For the crust: In a large bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar. Press into a 9-inch springform pan, pushing the crumbs up the sides. Put the pan in the freezer to chill.
• For the filling: Microwave the chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl until melted, about 1 minute. Set aside.
• Beat together the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time until well combined. Mix in the cream. Transfer 2 to 3 cups of the batter to a smaller bowl and stir in the melted chocolate mixture. Pour the remaining batter into the chilled crust. Drizzle in the chocolate batter and swirl with a knife.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F and bake until the outside is set and the very center just wobbles slightly, about another hour. Turn off the oven and let the cheesecake cool in the oven for 30 minutes. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

AMY'S MARVELOUS MARBLED CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and butter. Mix well and press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate until melted. Stir occasionally until chocolate is smooth.
• In a large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until creamy and smooth. Blend in the eggs one at a time. Remove 1 cup of cream cheese mixture and combine with melted chocolate.
• Spread plain batter into the crust. Drop the chocolate mixture randomly over the top. With the tip of a knife, Swirl the batter to create a marble effect.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until center is set. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight before serving.

ROYAL MARBLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 400 degrees.
• Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler, over hot water.
• Combine 3/4 cup flour, 2 tablespoons sugar and salt.
• Cut in butter until particles are fine.
• Stir in 2 tablespoons chocolate.
• Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream 1 cup of sugar and the cream cheese.
• Blend in 1/4 cup flour and the vanilla extract.
• Add the egg yolks and beat well.
• Blend in the sour cream.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
• Fold the beaten egg whites into the cream cheese mixture, making sure it is thoroughly mixed.
• Combine the remaining chocolate mixture with 1 3/4 cups of the cream cheese mixture.
• Pour 1/2 of remaining cream cheese mixture into prepared crust.
• Spoon 1/2 of chocolate mixture over the top of the cream cheese mixture in the crust.
• Pour the remaining cream cheese mixture over the top of this and then spoon on the remaining chocolate mixture.
• Cut through the batter with a spatula to create the marble effect.
• Put the cheesecake into the 400 degree oven and immediately turn the oven down to 300 degrees.
• Bake for 1 hour.
• Turn the oven off and let the cheese sit in the closed oven for 1 hour.
• Cool on a rack away from drafts for 2-3 hours.
• Chill at least 6 hours before serving.
• To cut, use a wet, hot, sharp knife.

MARBLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch spring form pan.
• If needed, use a rolling pin with the cookie crumbs in a sealable plastic bag to crush them. Blend the cookie crumbs with the melted butter, press it into the bottom of the pan, and chill.
• In a mixer with a whisk attachment, place the softened cream cheese and whip it. Add the sugar and continue to mix until blended. Add the flour and salt and blend. Add the yolks and eggs gradually, scraping in between then add the vanilla. Add 3/4 cup of the sour cream and mix in. Take off 2 cups of the mixture and set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk the remaining 1/4 cup sour cream with the cooled melted chocolate then whisk it into the reserved 2 cups of filling. Pour a layer of the vanilla filling into the bottom of the pan about 1-inch thick. By large spoonfuls, alternate the 2 fillings to fill the spring form pan. Using the flat face of an icing spatula, swirl the 2 batters slightly to marbleize it.
• Bake at 450 degrees F for 15 minutes, then turn the oven down to 250 degrees F and bake for 1 more hour. Then, turn the oven off and let it cool in the oven 1 hour. The cake will still shimmy, but it is done, it will set up as it chills. Refrigerate the cake overnight. Remove from the spring form pan, slice with a hot, dry knife, and serve.
• Notes about the recipe: I had to make 6 cheesecakes a day when I was pastry chef at the Strathallen Hotel in Rochester New York. Just to rotate them halfway through the baking was a major production. I didn't have may own baking oven so had to use the ones on our very busy hot line. It was a trick just to keep the guys (cooks) from changing the temperatures on my ovens because they always last them to 500. And then to get them to move so I could kneel in front of the ovens to juggle the cakes around...forget it. So I'd have to yell out "ROTATE!" and get everyone away from the oven while I kneeled in front of them to do the rotation ballet of hot shimmying cheesecakes with dry towels (a hot commodity in kitchens). My knees on my chef's pans were always dirty and that was why.

ROYAL MARBLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In small bowl, combine 3/4 cup flour, 2 tablespoons sugar and salt. Using pastry blender or fork, cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the melted chocolate. Reserve remaining chocolate for filling. Press in bottom of ungreased 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 400°F. for 10 minutes or until very light brown. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.In large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add 1/4 cup flour and vanilla blend well. At low speed, add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until blended. Add sour cream mix well. Place 1 3/4 cups filling mixture in medium bowl stir in reserved melted chocolate. Pour half of plain filling over crust. Top with spoonfuls of half of the chocolate filling. Cover with remaining plain filling, then with spoonfuls of remaining chocolate filling. Using table knife, swirl chocolate filling through plain filling.Bake at 325°F. for 60 to 75 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool 10 minutes remove sides of pan. Cool 2 to 3 hours. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight before serving. Store in refrigerator.Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 370 Protein 7g Carbohydrate 28g Fat 26g Sodium 200mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.